PSYC 101 quiz 5 solutions complete answers

PSYC 101 quiz 5 solutions complete answers 

 

Physiologically, arousal is activity in the ____________ nervous system.

 

McClelland suggests that achievement-oriented behavior is a combined function of _______ tendencies and ________ tendencies.

 

Judgments and personal evaluations of one’s own competence are known as ___________.

 

The _______ theory is the belief that intelligence is fixed and unchanging.

 

The incidence of obesity among children in the United States has more than _______ since the 1970s, suggesting that environmental factors may be more important than genetic or metabolic factors.

 

Fat cells produce this hormone, that signals to the hypothalamus to reduce appetite.

 

Approximately what portion of the adult U.S. population is obese?

 

The ______ theory is the belief that intelligence is not fixed and can be improved upon with effort.

 

Evidence suggests that as people become hungrier, they pay more attention to ________.

 

________ are known as innate, consistent responses to stimuli.

 

As levels of glucose in the blood _______, hunger ________.

 

What part of the brain is most responsible for processing fear reactions?

 

Three types of stressors are:

 

A stressor is a stimulus event that places a demand on an organism for some kind of ________ response.

 

The arousal theory states that individuals behave in a way to maintain a/an ______ level of arousal.

 

______ is a state of equilibrium that an organism works to maintain.

 

High self-efficacy often correlates to _____ achievement.

 

The word “motivation” is derived from the Latin meaning

 

_________ theory of emotion states that one factor is an undifferentiated state of physiological arousal that underlies all emotions, and the second factor is the individual’s interpretation in light of what caused it.

 

________ is another term for overeating.

 

_________ is diagnosed when an individual weighs less than 85% of his or her expected weight.

 

Which of the following is NOT one of the characteristics of the subjective experience of emotion?

 

The theory of _________ predicts that whenever there is conflict between cognitions (behaviors, beliefs, values, and desires, people will try to reduce the conflict.

 

Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa are most common among _________

 

___________ needs satisfy the basic internal functions of an organism.

 

The ________ theory of emotion suggests that an emotion-related stimulus gives rise to certain physiological changes and that the individual perceives these physiological changes and interprets them as emotion.

 

_______ is categorized by patterns of intense, out-of-control overeating, followed by measures aimed at eliminating the excessive caloric intake.

 

The need for _________ is a strong desire to excel, meet some inner standard of excellence, and do well.

 

_______ needs are higher-level needs that relate to an organism’s tendency toward psychological growth.

 

Physiological drives are related actual needs with respect to the drives for _______ and _______.

 

___________ is the ongoing process by which an organism attempts to reach its full potential.

 

________ are the male sex hormone.

 

Around _______ of the world’s population is obese.

 

_________ motivation describes the sensation when the greater the subjective value of an item or reward, the more someone is motivated to achieve the item or reward.

 

Psychological hedonism can best be defined as the approach that suggests

 

By using MRI recordings, Martin and associates found significantly increased activity in what part of the brain?

 

Two ways of reducing cognitive dissonance are changing ________ and _______ behavior.

 

The _________ Law describes the optimal level of arousal that exists for different behaviors; this level varies both for different individuals and for different behaviors.

 

The _______ arousal component of emotion is the predictable bodily arousal and changes that we see in emotion.

 

Attribution theory looks at the ________ that we attribute to behaviors.

 

Examples of psychological needs can include all of the following EXCEPT:

 

Listening to music can lead to the activation of _______ structures.

 

The ________ fallacy is the faulty assumption that naming something explains it.

 

The ________ theory of emotion suggests that when an individual perceives an emotion-related situation or object, the hypothalamus sends messages both to the cortex, where the emotion is felt, and to the body, where physiological reactions take place.

 

Factors that tend to impact emotional state include all of the following EXCEPT:

 

Emotions have two broad dimensions: _________ and whether they are positive or negative.